99 Dehydrated Deck (Intimate Secrets) A small packet is unfolded and assembled into a card case. The case is opened and a deck is removed.

101 Bizarre Twist (Intimate Secrets) Two face down red aces are used to sandwich the ace of spades which is positioned at a right angle (crosswise) to the red aces. The cards are twisted and the spade visibly turns from face down to face up. This is repeated and on the third turn the back visibly changes from blue to red.

105 Curley Cue Move (Intimate Secrets) Randy Holt's odd flourish where a one handed fan springs from the top of the pack.

107 Solid Deception (Intimate Secrets) A short ambitious card routine which ends with the deck being welded into a solid block.

113 Ultimate Rip-off (Super Magic) An ungaffed torn and restored card using only one playing card.

119 Ultimate Rip-off: Dancing with the Last Piece (Super Magic) Further thoughts on the Ultimate Rip-off

121 Double Monte (Super Magic) Two aces change places with one queen.

123 Earth Shoes (Super Magic) Complaining of a stone in his shoe the performer removes the shoe and dumps a foot-sized rock out of it and onto the floor.

125 Grasshopper (revised) (Super Magic) A card jumps from between one pair of kings to the other.

127 Open Revelation (revised) (Super Magic) Two one-handed fans are waved over the table and a face up ace appears. The fans are shown on both sides and another aces is produced. In this way all four aces are produced.

131 Three-Way Display (Super Magic) Another flourish: the deck is cut into three one handed fans.

133 Machine Gun Aces (Super Magic) The deck is turned into a pistol which fires aces.

135 Pain (Super Magic) ouch

137 Re-Set (Super Magic) Two packets, aces and jacks are shown. Jacks are placed on the table and aces are held in the hands. One at a time the aces change places with the jacks. For a kicker ending the four jacks "reset" and become aces once again.

143 Re-Set Options (Super Magic) Further thoughts on Re-Set.

145 Torn and Restored Coin (Super Magic)

147 Las Vegas Split (Super Magic) The magician tells the tale of a Blackjack game where he was dealt a pair of deuces. He makes good by splitting the deuces into four aces. Then the four jacks are produced to make four winning hands!

153 Flash Control (Super Magic) A flourish and control

155 Ace Trap (Super Magic) A four ace routine where a trap (made of cards) is baited with one ace to collect the other three.

197 Cros-Twist (Las Vegas Close-Up) A one-handed version of the Bizarre Twist.

197 Silver Slide (Las Vegas Close-Up) Four cards are slipped from the deck and placed on the table. A coin is vanished and the spectator is asked to guess under which card it will appear. After revealing that the spectator guessed correctly the magician moves the other cards to show that he made sure the spectator wouldn't miss as there are coins under every card!

205 Cardician's Blendo (Las Vegas Close-Up) After missing twice (4 of diamonds, 6 of diamonds) the magician takes the two incorrect cards and blends them into the selection (10 of diamonds)

Volume 2

13 Counterfeit Spectator (New Stuff): A spectator's name appears on a dollar bill in the place usually occupied by the Secretary of the Treasury.

19 Swiss Movement (New Stuff): An animation effect using an ungaffed Swiss Army Knife and a card.

23 Lysdexia (New Stuff): Another oddity: A word in a book moves from one part of the page to another.

25 Flesh (New Stuff): A (meta?): a mentalism effect where the power of the mind is used to move small pieces of a broken toothpick from hand to hand.

27 Angel Case (New Stuff): A card case that can be used to switch billets or other small things.

31 Putty Buddy (New Stuff):

35 Putty Buddy s Pal (New Stuff): A paddle move with a routine that use a pair of pennies stuck in Silly Puddy.

37 Strange-O (New Stuff): A spectator makes a loop in a piece of string. You thread a pen into the loop and use it to slide the loop off leaving the spectator holding a circle of string with no ends.

39 Hiccup (New Stuff): A clever and visual card transposition.

43 Twinkie Bottle (New Stuff): A washer is placed over the opening in a bottle. A tube is formed around the neck and a pen is dropped into the bottle through the too small hole in the washer.

47 Fluffer Deck (New Stuff): A spectators name which was written on the back of a card vanishes and reappears on written large on the entire spread deck.

49 McGimmick (New Stuff): Tricks using the lid to a fast food milkshake.

53 Cincinnati Blues (New Stuff):

57 Cincinnati Two-Faced Blues (New Stuff): Effects using the extra cards that come with each deck of playing cards.

61 Skin Job (New Stuff): Part of a spectator's business card penetrates into a book.

63 Fizz-Master (New Stuff): Two cans of soda are shown. One is shaken vigorously so that it will spray when opened. The magician then magically removes the fizz and transfers it to the other can which sprays when opened.

67 Cardboard Connection (Connections):

77 Immaculate Connection (Connections):

91 Osmosis (Connections): Linking cards

105 Special Interview (Close-Up Entertainer): Intro to the book Close-Up Entertainer

113 Drop-Shot (Close-Up Entertainer): A corner is torn from a card and placed in the pocket as a receipt. The damaged card is lost in the deck which is placed atop a glass where all can see. The corner drops into the glass and the selection is removed from the pocket where the corner was.

119 Peeler (Close-Up Entertainer): A small 'nick' in the back of a card is peeled back and then restored.

123 Subtle Poker Move (Close-Up Entertainer): Spectator shuffles the deck and you deal two poker hands. After a gag where the spectators sees that you have three times the number of cards he was dealt you shuffle the deck and legitimately deal yourself a winning hand!

125 Blackjack Challenge (Close-Up Entertainer): A routine producing four Blackjacks followed by a Royal Flush.

131 El Warpo (Close-Up Entertainer): The card case turns inside out... or you try to convince the audience they are INSIDE the case and prove it.

137 Silver Elevator (Close-Up Entertainer): Coins penetrate UP from the table into the deck.

143 Quarter Caper (Close-Up Entertainer): Three half dollars are produced from 'inside' a borrowed quarter.

147 Stretch (revised): (Close-Up Entertainer): A two phase routine with a deck and a rubber band.

153 Kinky Pinky (CloseUp Entertainer): A rising card effect.

155 Blind Peek (Close-Up Entertainer): A trick involving one spectator and a room full of impromptu stooges.

157 SideWinder (Close-Up Entertainer): Attempts to push a card into the deck fail when the card slips out of the pack at odd angles.

163 King Solomon's Drink (Close-Up Entertainer): Close-up production of a beverage.

165 Castle Conspiracy (Close-Up Entertainer): A card transformation effect using the theme of building card castles.

169 Wax Lips (Close-Up Entertainer): A spectator blows you a kiss which is caught on the face of a selected card. You remove the kiss in the form of a pair of wax lips.

173 Cellophane Surprise (Close-Up Entertainer): A pack of cigarettes is borrowed to demonstrate 'bloodless surgery'. The cellophane is broken open at the bottom, a hole is torn in the bottom of the pack and a cigarette is removed. The hole and cellophane are restored.

177 Pinochle Solution (Close-Up Entertainer):

181 Mary on P.H. (Close-Up Fantasies I and II): Short essay by Paul's publisher's mother.

183 Overkill (Close-Up Fantasies I and II): Mental effect with four 'proofs' that you knew which card would be selected.

185 Traveling Triumph (Close-Up Fantasies I and II): A Triumph effect

191 Fantasy Aces (Close-Up Fantasies I and II): Daryl and Paul join forces to produce the four aces.

197 England's Penetration (Revised): (Close-Up Fantasies I and II): Coin through hand using a spectators coin and hand.

199 Sliding Ink (Close Up Fantasies I and II): A card is marked on the back. The mark is removed tossed into the air and caught on the back of another card in the center of the deck. The mark is then dragged off of the second card and returned to the selection.

203 FlapJacks (Close-Up Fantasies I and II):

207 Pre-Mixed FlapJacks (Close-Up Fantasies I and II): A very nice flourish production of four of a kind.

211 Double Decker (Close-Up Fantasies I and II): The performer notes that his blue case seems to have a red deck of cards in it. This factory mixup bothers the performer who is attempting to perform a trick. Eventually the performer finds the blue deck 'way in the back there' in the case. The red deck is pushed into the blue case and the blue deck is removed. The selected card is found and all can be examined at the end.

215 Million Doliar Mindreader (Close-Up Fantasies I and II): A secret technique for mentalism effects.

217 Tuning Fork (Close-Up Fantasies I and II): A selected card rises out of the deck.

221 Breaking Point (Close-Up Fantasies I and II): A bit where you can't remove the cap from a pen so move it to the other end of the pen.

225 Stamped Second (Close-Up Fantasies I and II):

229 Stuck! (Close-Up Fantasies I and II): Methods for demonstrating a perfect second deal by placing a stamp on the back of the top card.

233 SuperSack (Close-Up Fantasies I and II): Signed card in envelope using small paper sacks

235 Uncut Version (Close-Up Fantasies I and II): An odd visual where two halves of torn cards are restored to their 'uncut' versions.

241 Floating Deck (Close-Up Fantasies I and II):

247 How to Pop a Floating Deck (Close-Up Fantasies I and II): One on one close-up levitation.

249 Time Machine (Close-Up Fantasies I and II): After introducing the subject of toys purchased from the back of comic books the performer introduces his childhood favorite: a 25 cent time machine (a small black paper square). A demonstration of it's power is then down with a deck of cards.

259 Up The Ladder (Misc. Pieces of Paul): A tabled false cut sequences.

261 Laws of Lapping (Misc. Pieces of Paul): Humor

263 Twilight (Misc. Pieces of Paul): A single coin is place in front of a small mirror so it appear two coins are on the table. The coin and it's reflection are then dragged to the side and the reflection becomes a real coin. Further sequences are performed ending with the production of two more coins.

275 Cheapshot Boomerang (Misc. Pieces of Paul): A signed card is tossed out an open window only to Boomerang back and be caught inside your coat.

277 Mr. Lucky (Misc. Pieces of Paul): A deck is cut into three packets. A spectator places a dime, penny and nickel each on one packet. They can change the positions as much as they like. Luck is with you as you reveal that the spectator has placed the dime on a ten, the nickel on a five and the one on an ace.

279 Butt Of Course! (Misc. Pieces of Paul): Humor

281 Super Swindle (Misc. Pieces of Paul): A selection is placed face down between a pair (red threes for example). All three cards are rolled into a 'blow dart gun'. A spectator blows the selection into the center of the deck face up and unfolded!

Volume 3

13 Shape of Astonishment (New Stuff). The image of the head side of a coin is embossed on a scrap of foil. When the coin is turned over the image changes to the tail side.

17 Window of Opportunity (New Stuff). While performing magic at party your signed business card vanishes and reappears inside an unopened envelope that someone else mailed to your host.

21 Hot Chocolate (New Stuff) Produce a full bar of chocolate from the folded wrapper you carry in your wallet.

23 Anything Deck (New Stuff). You display and set aside a small packet of cards. Then you have a card selected and ask for a 'special' word. The special word is used to locate the selection. Finally, the packet of cards is displayed and each has a large letter on it's back. The letters spell out the special word.

27 Peanut Butter and Jellyfish (New Stuff). Floating bread

29 Rumpled Splitskin (New Stuff). A pair of business cards (one of which is signed) magically weld together.

31 Free Ride (New Stuff). A simple method of adding a card or cards to the deck during a performance.

33 Arrow Split Arrow (New Stuff). A card is tossed into the air and boomerang's back into the deck splitting a card.

37 Bat Fishing (New Stuff). A dollar bill is borrowed and a eight cards are selected. The numerical values of the eight cards make up the serial number of the borrowed bill.

41 Membrane (New Stuff). A card is selected and turns out to be the one with the 'secret mark'. The mark is then transfered onto the card case, vanishes from there and appears on another card.

45 Membrane with a Pack of Smokes (New Stuff).

49 Swing Thing (New Stuff). A packet of Equal sweetner (or sugar) is opened, dumped into a folded bill, and then restored to it's original state.

51 Tic-Tac (New Stuff). Coin in the bottle done with a dime and a box of Tic Tacs.

53 Leaf (New Stuff). A leaf is removed from a plant, marked and reattached.

57 Bizarre Vanish (Close Up Fantasies Finale). The Bizarre Twist mutates to a method of vanishing a card.

63 Close Quarters (Close Up Fantasies Finale). Daryl's method of welding two quarters into a half dollar.

65 Heartburn (Close Up Fantasies Finale). A playing card is struck on a matchbook and ignites.

67 Mickey Mouse Math (Close Up Fantasies Finale). A nine spot is split into two and a seven. The two is subtracted from the seven leaving a five. Futher magical math is done until the selection is created.

71 Torn and Restored Deck (Close Up Fantasies Finale). The illusion of a torn pack of cards.

75 Shuffle Time (Close Up Fantasies Finale). Cards are produced to show that the deck can tell time. However, the time is incorrect until the magician waves his hands and changed the time zone to local time. The cards then display the correct time.

79 Strange Exchange (Close Up Fantasies Finale). A transposition between a card and a coin.

83 Just Call Me Mr. Wonderful (Close Up Fantasies Finale). A flourish for removing the pack from it's case using only one hand.

87 Bill Collector (Close Up Fantasies Finale). A card penetrates a bill and rises from the deck.

91 Guts (Close Up Fantasies Finale). Signed card to wallet

99 Improvised Screwed Deck (revised) (Close-Up Kinda Guy). A deck is twisted so that one end is face up and one is face down and then restored.

105 Hi There BabyCakes (Close-Up Kinda Guy). A name and phone number, written

on two cards fuse together on one card.

109 Perfectionist (Close-Up Kinda Guy). A three phase routine in which the cards separate into red and black piles, the piles transpose and the deck instantly mixes using 'reverse psychology'.

115 Instant Replay (Close-Up Kinda Guy). A card hops off the deck and into your other hand. It then hops back onto the deck.

249 Biological Shuffle (Revised) (Magical Arts Journal). The performer accidentally shuffles his fingers into the deck. Extracting them a number of cards stick to his fingers... they turn out to be four of a kind (your choice).

253 Galaxy (Magical Arts Journal). Paul takes on Out Of This World.

259 Break-Out Group Boredom Buster (Secrets of the Astonishing Executive). Names are written on the backs of five business cards which are ripped in half and mixed then dealt into pairs of halves. EVERY pair turns out to be matched with it's other half.

275 The Late For Lunch Miracle Maneuver. A waiter is asked to set your watch to a random time and conceal it's face from you. You borrow a friends watch and set it to a random time. They match.

277 Mom's Come and Go but a Rolex is Forever (Secrets of the Astonishing Executive).

281 Cube (Misc Pieces of Paul). A cube is made out of playing cards. The four fours are shown. One vanishes and becomes part of the cube.

285 Bizarre Stretch (Misc Pieces of Paul). A streching card illusion.

291 Torn Mentalist (Misc Pieces of Paul). The card case flap is torn from the card case and handed to a spectator who jabs it into the middle of the deck. He manages to place it right between the two cards written on the unseen other side of the case flap. As an afterthought the magician restores the torn card case.

295 P.H. Breakthrough (revised) (Misc Pieces of Paul). A deck is set atop it's case then pushed through the top and back inside.

299 Shuffling Lesson (Astonishing Friends). Chad Long's wonderful handling for the spectator finds the aces. Under the guise of a shuffling lesson a spectator manages not only to find four of a kind but to beat the magician's four of a kind.